gobble gobble

i could just gobble up these two...

(as you can see, mor almost DID gobble up finners)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

i love my baby

esp today. i didn't have to get out of bed until almost 9AM! let me type that again: NINE. A. M. i'm sure he was awake before then, but he was quiet as a little church mouse just jabbering softly to himself and chewing on his blankie. now let's see if we can make this a routine. cross your fingers.

help wanted

i want to get finn a fun interactive toy for christmas. (my little deer friend, sadly, does not fall into this category. no matter how hard i tried to convince myself he did.) i've had my eye on the vtech touch and learn musical bee and the leapfrog my puppy pal scout. the bee has a sound sensor (if your baby starts crying in the middle of the night, the bee kicks on and plays lullabies-whoa!), BUUUT the puppy is customizable (you enter your child's info so the puppy can sing to them using their name-whoa!). i'm leaning towards the puppy because it has a boy voice, BUUUT i like the idea that the bee can turn on automatically. sooo...
...which one do i choose? or is there a better one out there?

wonders never cease

i was just perusing le internet in an attempt to find christmas gifts for the wee one, when i stumbled upon this...

um, seriously kohls? i don't even know what to say about this, so i'll stop here.

you shot me! you shot me right in the...

thigh! (not exactly the quote from austin powers, but you know.) finn had his 6month checkup today. he's a chubby goose (18lbs on the money) and a bit longer than we were expecting (27 1/4in; seeing as how he seems to take after mor on the long torso/short legs bit). our dr's office has been out of the regular flu vaccine since august (what?!), so mor convinced me to have finn get the h1n1, along with all of his other vaccines. it's a good thing i trust my husband, because when finn got the h1n1 shot, he was very VERY unhappy with us. he's been doing well since; sleeping lots and enjoying his chance to comfort eat (who doesn't enjoy that?).

baby to boy

finn got a haircut today. his hair has never been this short; it was longer than this when he was born for goodness' sakes! but, man, he sure is cute. even with all that cereal on his face.

what a weird world

1. a very dark-skinned black woman running through the kohl's parking lot yelling at a very large white man chasing her to "stop following me!" they eventually copped a squat under one of the little trees to enjoy a smoke together. i'm not sure whether they resumed their activities after said smoke because i was too busy practically throwing finn into the car to get away from them.
2. a 7-legged tarantula at the bean museum. charlotte didn't realize rosie was missing a leg until one of the little boys so delicately pointed it out to her and everyone else within a half-mile radius: "ONE OF HER LEGS FELLED OFF!" which, to be fair to the kid, it had. courtney (a boy, weird) said that rosie's leg fell off last week when she molted. i liked it better when i thought she'd eaten it off, kinda like that guy who had to saw off his own hand. remember him?
3. the liger, also at the bean museum. (if you've never been there, you should go. like, yesterday.) i still am not sure whether i believe shasta was ever really alive even if she is taxidermied and on prominent display at the main entrance. after all, the hogle zoo doesn't have the best reputation where their animals are concerned. (i think i've said this before, but i'm saying it again: last time we were there, a sign on the black bear enclosure said that after trying to eat one of the zookeepers' gloves, it had choked and died. way to go, hogle zoo.)
4. my house being cleaner than it has been since we moved in. disregarding the eat-in part of the kitchen of course. how do people keep that clean anyway? it has always eluded me.

6mo

dear finn

i love everything about you:
your wispy yet thick auburn hair
your blue-no-green-no-hazel almond eyes
your long eyelashes
your pointy chin
your full kissable lips
your chubby cheeks
your softer-than-baby-soft skin and perfect complexion
your warm hands and stinky feet
your roly-poly thighs
i love the way you giggle when i pick you up from your nap, every single time without fail.
i love how you smile with your eyes and laugh from deep in your belly.
i love that you always put your hands in your mouth after you take a big bite of cereal.
i love how you kick and splash all the water out of the bathtub.
i love the way you listen so intently when you "talk" to grandma connie on the phone. (she loves that, too.)
i love how you watch penny and that you don't care when she pushes her slobbery bear against you; i love that you'll love her someday as much as she loves you today.
i love when you fall asleep nursing and sigh long, contented sighs in your sleep.
i love how your breath smells.
i love that i get to spend all day, everyday with you.
i love being your mother.
i love you.
happy six months, finners.

i kinda like these guys